My Father's Garden

I am the only one of all of my siblings that lives away from my parent's home. It was difficult at first since my first taste of separation was 5 years ago when I moved away for college but luckily it was less than 2 hours away from the ones I love! Today, I am still about 90 minutes away, but I have Hubby to keep me company.

Being only 90 minutes away gives us the luxury to visit our parents just about every other weekend, though sometimes it's more often and other times it's less often. Either way, I try to take advantage and enjoy the time I have with my family, especially with the kids. The kids that seem to be growing up much quicker than I wish...

Hubby and I take advantage of any long holiday weekends because we get a bonus day to spend with the kids. This past 4th of July weekend we did just that and I stopped to smell the roses. Literally. I was in my parent's backyard where I hang out all of the time (well, as long as I can take the close-to-100* summer heat...) and I realized how much love and care my dad puts into his garden. There was such a variety of plants, flowers, even fruits and vegetables! I mean, I knew they were there but I never stopped to admire what my dad took time to cultivate with his own hands.

Luckily, I had my camera handy with my brand new birthday lens (thanks Hubby) and I tested it out on my father's garden.

Please enjoy! And as always, comments are welcome! :)

Yup, that's some yummy, home-grown grapefruit! :)

Let me know what you all think!


<3

Mark & Isabella

I had the wonderful pleasure of taking photographs of the two most adorable kids around! These two were up for anything, even braving the heat for a while without even a single peep! I'm sure the water hose helped a bunch but these two kids were very well behaved and I give all the credit to their loving mom. Carol is an amazing person and I am grateful for the opportunity to photograph her kids.

Here are Marky and Bella:

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My favorite of Marky! :)

It was very difficult rounding down to these images for the blog post but I have many more images just for mom! Thank you once again Carol for allowing me to capture some memories for you!